Much maligned anti-piracy software developer Starforce has sunk to a shocking new low in making a case for using its product.

Garnett Lee
Much maligned anti-piracy software developer Starforce has sunk to a shocking new low in making a case for using its product.
In a posting on its company messageboards an admin (who may or may not be directly employed by the company) included in a post the link to an active torrent file trading link for the recently released Galactic Civilizations 2.

The link has subsequently been removed, but the text of the post remains. The poster states "Right now several thousands of people are downloading the pirated version only from that web-site. Is it good for the sales? Unlikely."

This brazen release of the url and accompanying statement smacks of the strong-arm tactics you only see in gangster movies when someone doesn't cough-up the money for "protection." Doubtless Starforce feels itself more and more backed into a corner. The post comes in response to a note on the official Galactic Civilizations 2 site that its game was selling fantastically at retailers like Wal Mart, Best Buy and Gamestop--without need for any sort of copy-protection. This is just one more blow against the beleaguered Starforce software that is widely regarded by PC gamers as malware that can cause damage to PC hardware.

Much maligned anti-piracy software developer Starforce has sunk to a shocking new low in making a case for using its product.

Garnett Lee
Much maligned anti-piracy software developer Starforce has sunk to a shocking new low in making a case for using its product.
In a posting on its company messageboards an admin (who may or may not be directly employed by the company) included in a post the link to an active torrent file trading link for the recently released Galactic Civilizations 2.

The link has subsequently been removed, but the text of the post remains. The poster states "Right now several thousands of people are downloading the pirated version only from that web-site. Is it good for the sales? Unlikely."

This brazen release of the url and accompanying statement smacks of the strong-arm tactics you only see in gangster movies when someone doesn't cough-up the money for "protection." Doubtless Starforce feels itself more and more backed into a corner. The post comes in response to a note on the official Galactic Civilizations 2 site that its game was selling fantastically at retailers like Wal Mart, Best Buy and Gamestop--without need for any sort of copy-protection. This is just one more blow against the beleaguered Starforce software that is widely regarded by PC gamers as malware that can cause damage to PC hardware.

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THis is old news and not quite right. The post was done, by an over zealous mod on their forum, not representing the companies position, but done on his own. Star-Force disavowed what he did and indicated the situation would be corrected.

Message boards that are on a companies site quite often have a clause in the terms and conditions that say all messages are opinions of the individual and not the company.
Even my email signature has such a clause even for work use !